Golda Meir was born in Kiev () in 1898. She was the fourth elected Prime Minister of , the first woman to hold this position in Israel and only the third woman to hold that position in the world. Often described as the ‘hard lady’ of Israeli politics (before the expression was applied to the […]

The Grameen Bank was established in 1976 when Professor Muhammad Yunus, Head of the Rural Economics Programme at the University of Chittagong, launched an action research project to examine the possibility of designing a credit delivery system to provide banking services targeted at the rural poor. The Grameen Bank was established with the sponsorship of […]

Why getting into elite colleges is harder for women (The Washington Post 30.07.2015) Nigeria frees 71 people, mostly women, girls, from Boko Haram, hold them at military barracks (US News 30.07.2015) Mexican state known for gender-based violence issues emergency alert (The Guardian 29.07.2015) Nearly 30% of new board members appointed this past year were women […]

Table of Contents 1 How to add photos and videos in Wikigender 2 Gender photos 3 Gender videos 3.1 Engaging men and boys to end violence 3.2 Women’s economic empowerment in Europe 4 Peace and Security 4.1 Women and agriculture 4.2 Women and technology 4.3 What women ‘should’ do 4.4 Family Policies 4.5 The Girl […]